Nonagenarian Gets Law Degree
From AP: Allan Stewart, a 91 year old man, got a law degree in Australia. Talk about fulfilling a lifelong dream. Welcome to the profession!
Kaplan Loses SJ Motion in Antitrust Lawsuit–Rodriguez v. West Publishing
In the ongoing lawsuit about Bar/Bri’s alleged antitrust violations in the bar exam preparation market, Kaplan has lost its motion for summary judgment. My last entry about this case was about the Bar/Bri class action website.
Website Publishes Professors’ Past Grades
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Pick-A-Prof, one of the numerous websites providing student reviews of professors, publishes the grading histories/practices of professors for many of the 170 schools it covers. Obviously, many schools do not provide this data willingly,…
AALS Panel on “the Ratings Game”
How much do law professors hate the USNWR law school rankings? So much that at the big annual meeting for law professors, an entire day-long workshop has been organized on the “ratings game,” including panels with descriptions like: “In this…
Professor Sells Podcasts of Lectures; Is Asked to Stop
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Robert L. Schrag, a communications professor at North Carolina State University, recorded his classroom lectures and offered them for sale on a website for $2.50 each. There wasn’t a great market for them (only…
What Law Students Want From Law Professors
James B. Levy, As a Last Resort, Ask the Students: What They Say Makes Someone an Effective Law Teacher, 58 Me. L. Rev. 50 (2006): “[T]he profile of the ideal law school professor from the students’ perspective is someone who…
Wisconsin’s Diploma Privilege Draws More Questions
[July 2009 Update: In response to the Seventh Circuit opinion, I’ve blogged more about the diploma privilege and Wiesmueller v. Kosobucki] Wisconsin is the only state that still allows graduates of in-state law schools to become lawyers without taking a…
BAR/BRI Class Action Website
A website has been set up in the Rodriguez v. West case over BAR/BRI’s alleged monopolization of the Bar exam test preparation market. Affected class members can opt out of the class by following the instructions on the website. A…
Silly Bar Exam Rules
Jeremy Blachman a/k/a “the Anonymous Lawyer” has a funny bit on silly bar exam rules. Rules like: gum is OK, but only if unwrapped (presumably, people could write very small cheat sheets on the wrapper). Jeremy’s conclusion:: A few final…
Bar/Bri Class Certified
Rodriguez v. West Publishing Corp., No. 05 CV 3222 (C.D. Calif. class certified May 16, 2006). My initial post on the case. Plaintiffs’ counsel in the Rodriguez case has announced that its class has been certified, clearing a major hurdle…